Fall maintenance tips for homeowners:
 

• Check your home for water leaks.
• Have a heating professional check your heating system every year.
• Protect your home from frozen pipes.
• Test your emergency generator.
• Have a certified chimney sweep inspect and clean the flues and check your fireplace damper.
• Remove any birds’ nests from chimney flues and outdoor electrical fixtures.
• Clean off the covers and change the batteries in the smoke and carbon monoxide detectors/alarms.
• Blow out your lawn irrigation system.
• Make sure that the caulking or weather-stripping around the windows and doors is adequate in order to keep down your heating and cooling costs.
• Make sure that the caulking around your bathroom fixtures is adequate to prevent water from seeping into the sub-flooring.
• Run all gas-powered lawn equipment until the fuel is gone.